If you want to paint your house to reflect its Victorian heyday, you'll probably have to use "real" colors of the Victorian era and blends. While many are painted Victorian houses today on neutral subjects, this may not be the best way for a true Victorian ambience. "True" colors of Victoria surprising, since they are not clear, nor always light.
In 1885, a letter critical of the California Architects and Builders News had this to say about the schemes Victoria color in San Francisco: "... chocolate, red, yellow, orange, all that is strong is in fashion ... if the upper floors are not red or blue ... are painted on panels up to coarse yellow and brown ... "While we may not have appreciated the bright colors that were fashionable, there is a certain quota of Homeowners today want to paint their homes with authentic period colors and bold it.
Contrary to today's Victoria White the "modern" Victorian house the mid and late 1800 was painted black and bright colors. Earth tones dominated: rich brown, green and red bricks were the points of the average Victorian class neighborhood. Victorian society was interested in nature and this was reflected in their color schemes, both inside and outside. Rich colors were used commonly used for walls and trim and were reflected in the interior of the house in aligning print wallpaper and moldings.
It will help if you study pictures and books of Victorian architecture and thinking about how the original builder of your home should be designed for various parts of it to be colored. For each house Victorian style, there are certain colors that can be more or less appropriate depending on the time that the house was built and the particular flavor of the house. If you can find photos of your home in the historical documents, could help in the selection of shade, if not the color of paint to use.
If you want a little more of whimsy, consider painting her resemble Victorian "Painted Ladies" of San Francisco. Although the above quote indicates that the bright colors were certainly not unknown to the late 1800s Victorian house, this style really began in the 60s. A horrible period of wartime economies had uglified many of these beautiful houses with battleship gray paint and "modern" ways of aluminum, tar paper and stucco. Butch Kardum when the artist painted his house in shades of Italian style blues and greens, was criticized at first, but when the owners of others began to imitate their color schemes, the Painted Ladies were born and have become one of the places interest of San Francisco. Painted Ladies have three or more contrasting colors that flaunt the trappings of home. Intense blues, greens, reds, purples and pinks not are unknown to these homes. If you want to go this route, consider carefully the many pictures of the women and households as for ideas.
Painting the exterior of your house Victorian can be difficult if you want an authentic reproduction of his home in his early years. However, it is a fun challenge to make your home into something that could have left end of 1800 ... or the 1960 ... or anywhere in between!
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